IPO Traffic – Week Ending August 4, 2006

  Lead # of Price Range Dollar SCOOP
New Filings (Proposed Symbol) Manager(s) Shares Low High Volume Ratings
Beverage Acquisition (OTCBB: tba)(u) Morgan Joseph 4.50 $8.00 $8.00 $36.00 n.a.
Freedom Acquisition Holdings (FRH-U)(u) Citigroup 37.50 $8.00 $8.00 $300.00 1-Star
OneBeacon Insurance Group (OB) Lehman Brothers       $500.00 n.a.
Trans-India Acquisition (OTCBB: tba)(u) I-Bankers 10.00 $8.00 $8.00 $80.00 n.a.
TriMas (TRS)
Goldman Sachs
Merrill Lynch
      $201.25 n.a.
US BioEnergy (USBE)
UBS Investment Bank
Credit Suisse
Piper Jaffray
    $300.00 n.a.
Vanguard Car Rental Group (VCG) 
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
      $300.00 n.a.
n.a. (not available)            
(u) unit offering             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SCOOP Ratings From Last week:             
Affymax (AFFY) Morgan Stanley       $115.00 1-Stars
Atlas Energy Resources LLC (tba) UBS Investment Bank       $138.81 1-Stars
Taliera (AMEX: tba)(u) Morgan Joseph 7.50 $8.00 $8.00 $60.00 1-Stars
             
Postponed            
Asset Capital (ACCI) Friedman Billings Ramsey 9.25 $9.00 $10.00 $87.88 1-Star
             
Withdrawn            
Alien Technology (RFID) Bear Stearns 9.00 $10.00 $12.00 $99.00 1-Star
Amicus Therapeutica (AMTX)
Morgan Stanley
Goldman Sachs
      $86.25 1-Star
Smart Move (SMOVU) (u)
Newbridge Securities
I-Bankers
1.50 $9.00 $11.00 $15.00 1-Star
             
New Terms:            
Cal Dive International (DVR)
Banc of America
JPMorgan
      $350.00 2-Stars
CBRE Realty Finance (CBF)
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Citibank
Wachovia
$15.00 $17.00 $200.00 1-Star
Evercore Partners (EVR) Lehman Brothers 3.95 $18.00 $20.00 $75.05 3-Stars
ExLService Holdings (EXLS)
Citigroup
Goldman Sachs
      $60.00 2-Stars
InterMetro Communications (AMEX: ITR)
Ladenburg Thalmann
Wunderlich Securities
2.25 $8.00 $10.00 $20.25 1-Star
Lexington Strategic Asset (LXP) Friedman Billings Ramsey       $100.00 1-Star
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IPOs Priced Lead Shares Amount Offer Close %
Week Ending August 4 2006 Manager(s) Offered Raised Price 8/4/06 Change
Security Capital Assurance Ltd. (SCA)
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Merrill Lynch
22.45 $460.18 $20.50 $20.75 1.22%
Osiris Therapeutics (OSIR) Jefferies 3.50 $38.50 $11.00 $11.00 0.00%
Buckeye GP Holdings L.P. (BGH)
Goldman Sachs
Merrill Lynch
Citigroup
UBS Investment Bank
10.50 $178.50 $17.00 $16.23 -4.53%